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Cbeyond, Manitoba Hydro, and the University of North Carolina Wilmington Report Improved Employee Performance, Retention, Career Advancement and Cost Savings through Skillsoft Learning Solutions

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skillsoft
today highlighted case studies of three customers that achieved success
using Skillsoft's learning solutions. Through Skillsoft's diverse
offering, Cbeyond, Manitoba Hydro and the University of North Carolina
Wilmington have met a range of strategic objectives including targeted
skills development, competency mapping, and just-in-time (JIT) learning.
Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of technology-delivered learning
with a long history of innovation and delivering solutions for its
customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and
education to mid-sized and small businesses.

"Every organization has its own unique set of objectives and challenges
with their strategic learning programs. These can include employee
engagement and retention, skills development, staffing, compliance, cost
optimization and more," said John Ambrose, Senior Vice President,
Strategy, Corporate Development and Emerging Business, Skillsoft. "We
are thrilled to see customers taking a strategic approach to learning by
working with our team to implement programs that are tuned to meet
specific needs of their employees while also supporting organizational
objectives."

Cbeyond – A targeted training program with company-wide impact

Cbeyond
is a technology ally for small and medium-sized businesses, delivering
cloud services and communications through enterprise network and data
centers. Fast and continuous advances in technology were creating a
knowledge/skills gap on Cisco® technology for Cbeyond employees. Cbeyond
needed to grow the certification base of employees across the company
and improve their technical acumen. To support a growing demand for
Cisco CCNA knowledge and certification preparation, Cbeyond partnered
with Skillsoft to create a targeted and comprehensive training program.
Cbeyond deployed a 12-week training program using Skillsoft
Live Learning IT certification resources. The program has enabled 30
percent of participants to advance in their careers at Cbeyond, in
addition to decreased turnover and increased employee satisfaction
rates, which directly correlates to its goals of creating a learning
culture embedded throughout the entire organization.

Manitoba
Hydro is Manitoba's largest Crown Corporation and the major energy
utility provider serving the Canadian province, generating and exporting
electricity to over 500,000 customers using self-renewing water power.
But with approximately 6,400 employees spread throughout a 250,900
square mile region, the company faced significant challenges in
providing consistent access to training content across its employee
base. Manitoba Hydro made 200 Skillsoft Business Skills and Desktop
courses available to employees across the company. Manitoba Hydro
rounded out its elearning portfolio with Skillsoft
Leadership Advantage, a collection of focused resources targeting
essential leadership and management skills. By integrating these assets
into targeted learning tracks the company enabled employees to acquire a
mix of skills and abilities needed to take Manitoba Hydro into the
future. By aligning courses with specific core competency areas, mapping
to various career streams and providing employees with just-in-time
(JIT) access to training, Manitoba Hydro was able to meet the needs of
the dispersed population. In addition to saving $8.4 million in travel
and time costs in one year, the company achieved significant
environmental savings that equate to 925,000 liters of gas and 2,147
metric tons of CO2 emissions.

University of North Carolina Wilmington – Aligning learning to
strategic campus initiatives

Established in 1947 as two-year Wilmington College, the University of
North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) received four-year status in 1963 and
became the sixth university in the UNC System in 1969. In an effort to
create structured and unified learning and development opportunities,
the university began offering SkillChoice™
Complete to provide faculty and students the opportunity to learn
where and when they desired using the Skillport®
learning management system. With these tools in place, UNCW sought to
align Skillsoft resources with strategic campus initiatives, including
Blackboard orientation, School of Nursing orientation, supplemental
classroom instruction and a first-year research tutorial. At the same
time, UNCW was required to roll out a university-wide unlawful workplace
harassment training in an eight month time frame without hiring
additional staff. To tackle the compliance initiative, UNCW used
Skillsoft Dialogue Design to create custom course for managers, faculty
and staff, enabling efficient training and a 100% completion rate of
training within the goal timeframe. In addition, UNCW rolled out two
orientations, a first-year research tutorial and supplemental online
content using Skillport and Skillsoft learning resources.

Skillsoft is a pioneer in the field of learning with a long history of
innovation. Skillsoft provides cloud based learning solutions for its
customers worldwide, ranging from global enterprises, government, and
education to mid-sized and small businesses. Skillsoft's customer
support teams draw on a wealth of in-house experience and a
comprehensive learning e-library to develop off-the-shelf and custom
learning programs tailored to cost-effectively meet customer needs.
Skillsoft's courses, books and videos have been developed by industry
leading learning experts to ensure that they maximize business skills,
performance, and talent development.

Skillsoft currently serves over 6,000 customers and more than 19,000,000
learners around the world. Skillsoft is on the web at www.Skillsoft.com.

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